Improvement in dancing toys



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GEORGE L. WILD AND LOUIS P. WILD, OF WASHINGTON DISTRICT 0F O0- LUMBIA.

Letters Patent'No. 109,698, dated November 29, 1870.-

IMPROVEMENT IN DANCING TOYS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making pari: of the same.

To all whom it may conce-r11..-

V Be it known that we, GEORGE L. WILD and Louis I?. XVILD, of the city oi' Washington, District of Go' lumbia, have-invented a new and useful Device, to be attached to piano-fortes and other musical instruments, by which the eliects of musical or other vibrations can be lmore distinctly and completely exhibited,l in the visible movements of suitable forms or iignrcs, than heretofore.

Our said invention is so constructed that it can be readily attached to the inner part of the piano and removed therefrom with great facility.A

Its object is to afford an interesting, scientific toy.

In the accompanying drawing- A, Figure 1, represents a smooth, level platform or table. lhis platform may be of anyT suitable form, the object being vibration, `andconsequent comical movements of figures similar to Yhuman and other forms, which movements are produced by the vibrations due to the sound of the musical instrument.

V'Ihe tables may he made of any material capable of vibration, such as wood, sheet metal, paper, textile fabrics, and prepared skins ot. animals.

rlhe round form is deemed to be the best. Y

rIhe various kinds of tables may be substituted one for the other with great facility by attaching and detaching them to and from the'snpportingfpostB.

rIhe upper endl of the post B is firmly secured to the under sidel ofiy the platform A, by being screwed thereto, or otherwise.

lhe lower end of the post is secured, by means of the screw C, to the sounding-board bridge D.

A, Figure 2, is a sectionalview of the above-device, detached from the bridge.

A, Figure 3, is a ground plan oi' the platform or table, showing the standards, to which are secured suitable wires or other means whereby to keep the comical gures, during their comical gyrations, within I the bounds ot` the platform or table.

We have essayed the various partsiu various ways whereby to attach the post to the table and to the sounding-bridge of piano-fortes and other musical instruments, al1 with good effect.

On sheet -1 of the drawing are exhibits of some of them, as shown at E, F, and G.

n sheet2 are shown other similar devices, lettered 51H, I, J,K, and L. The tables on sheet 2 are repre- ;,sented with other mechanism .than the wires for tendency to fall, during contact, when moving rapidlyl l on and about the table. -In this figure the wires Nt are turned up 'at the lower ends.

Figure 5 is supported on bristles, with balls of-shellac, at their lower ends.

Figures 6 and 7 are supported on bristles without any attach ment at thelower ends.

Figure 8 is supported on wires, bent up a little at the lower ends. Instead ot' the bent ends of the wires, small balls maybe attached with good results, the objeet'beingto secure celcrityot' movement, sensitiveness to the vibrations due to the sound ot' ainusical instrument, comical gyrations, and secure an upright attitude ofthe figures Having described the construction, combination, arrangement, and object of this our invention,

What we claim therein as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The devices A B B C D and the automatic iigures, whereby to transmit invisible musical vibrations to automatic figures, and. impart motion thereto, all combined and arranged substantially as herein shown and described.

2. In the body a of the puppet, as shown in liga, the recesses l) b and the springs M, with their turnedup ends c c, all arranged as and for the purpose set forth.

vGEORGE L. WILD.

LOUIS I. WILD.

Witnesses:

J oHN T. C. CLARK, J. H. RENARD. 

